Bustard Elections Flashcards
Bill Clinton benefited from one of the largest bumps in history following the 1992 Democrat national convention. He climbed as many as …… points in the polls.
30 points
for Trump CNN reported a ……. point bounce while ……..(network name) reported no bounce for Trump.
6 point bounce
NBC
Clinton was elected as Democrat nominee with only ……% of the vote compared to Sanders’ ………%
- 67% for Clinton
39. 16% for Sanders
In the week prior to the Democrat convention various emails from the Democrat National Committee were leaked, showing alleged bias against the Sanders campaign. The chair ……. ……… …… resigned.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Ted Cruz refused to endorse Trump and instead said “…. …. ………..”
“Vote your conscience”
John McCain chose …… ….. as his running mate due to her age and gender.
Sarah Palin
Trump won …. contest in the party election and won …..% of the popular vote compared to Cruz’s 19.6%
41 contests won
44.95% of the pop vote
In 2009, just under …….. million Americans took part in the nomination process, or ….% of the electorate.
58 million
30%
Barack Obama announced his candidacy …. days before the 1st primary.
332 days prior
In 2008 there were a total of …. televised debates before the candidates were chosen,
47 televised debates.
October …th Comey announced the re-opening of the investigation into Clinton’s emails.
October 28th
September ……th - basket of deplorables comment.
September 9th
In …../50 states and ……. million voters voted before election day in 2016.
34 states
47 million people.
Ohio is a bellwether state - it has voted for the winning party since 19..
1964
……% of Americans thought that international trade took away jobs, prior to the 2016 election.
42%
……. …….. announced it was moving from Indiana to Mexico. Trump rallied against corporate greed and won the state won by Obama in 2008.
United Technologies.
Of the 63% of voters that thought Trump was dishonest, more than ……. (fraction) still voted for him.
1/5
Clinton set up ….480 field offices to Trump’s ……
Clinton had 480
Trump had 180
Around ……% of Americans get their news from their Facebook feed.
45%
The first contest of the primary season are the ……. Caucus and the …….Primary
Iowa Caucus
New Hampshire Primary
The no. of ECVs needed to win the election is….
270 electoral college votes
In 2000 re election rates in the House was ………%
97.8%
In 1975, 44 states had split senate delegations.
By 2017, just ….. had split senate delegations.
Just 12 states.
State governor …… was recalled in Wisconsin in 2012.
He won the recall election.
Scott Walker
